Baling-press.



P. W. MORRISSEY.

BALING PRESS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 27, 1914.

Patented Mar. 2, 1915.

3 SHEETSSHEET 1.

HE NORRIS PETERS 60.. PHOTDLITHO.. WASHINGTON. I)v L.

P. W. MORRISSEY.

BALING PRESS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 27, 1914.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2 [wank/7 flif 't' Patented Mar.2, 1915.

HE NORRIS PETERS CO" FHOTO'LIT OH WASHING TON. D. C

P. W. MORRISSEY.

BALING PRESS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 27, 1914. L1 SOflOfi. Patented Mar. 2, 1915.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

THE NORRIS PETERS CO4. FHOTG-LITHO, WASHINGYUN, D L.

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LEADING-PRESS.

. To all whom it may concern:

. by horse power."

' Be it'known that I, PATRICK WfMonnrssnY, a citizen of the United States; and a resident of Racine,' county of Racine, and

State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Baling- Presses, ofwhich the following is a full,

clear, and .exactdescription. r 4 r The invention relates to presses for baling hay and the like, and more particularly tobaling presses designed to be operated 1 Th in ention seeks to provide simple and. effective means for operating the compressing plunger and the feeder of the baler, and to provide an intermediatesafety device which will prevent the plunger and feeder from interfering with each other.

The invention consistsin the features of" improvement herelnafter; set forth and illustrated in the preferred form inthe acgcompanying drawings; and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Figurel is a plan V ew of the mproved baling pressj Fig. 2 is an elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a partial plan view of the operating mechanismf with parts shown in shifted position. Fig. fl: is an enlarged de tailed plan view with parts shownin sec- ;tion from a line 4.4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a detailed section on the line 5-5 of Fig. l. Figs- 6 and 7' are enlarged detalled cross a sections onthe lines 6 -6 and' 7 -7 of Fig. 1,

The frame of the machine comprises a longitudinally extending channel bar 10,

Whichis suitably mounted at its ends upon reciprocates' the compresslng member or drawn therefrom.

front and. rear axles l ljand .12, which are provided with supporting wh'eels 13. i At its, rear end the" frame'is provided with a suitable baling chamber 14:, "within which Plunger 151" The balin Chamber is provided with'a suitable hopper 16, andga feedbrackets'2O onthebforward end of the baling chamber. Theoperating arms '18, are fixed to a cross shaft 21 which is journaled Specification of Letters Patent.

to the inner end of the Y in the brackets and which is provided with an operating crank arm 22'. A. link 23 connects-the crank arm 22 to a bell-crank lever 24 pivoted on the side wall of the baling chamber. The plunger 15, is mountedupon the rear end of a plunger rod 25. At its forward endthe plunger-rod is connected to a cross-head 26, which slides within the channel bar 10, and which is prefer- Jably provided with pairs of rollers 27 and -28 for engaging the web and flanges of the channel bar.

A 'c'asting'29 is fixed to the front end of the channel bar 10 and is provided with a short vertical". stud or pivot 30 whereon a rotary power arm 31 is centrally journaled. A sweep 32 is connected to one end of the power arm and a brace rod 33 extends between the outerend of the sweep and the opposite end of the power arm. When the machineis, in operation, the horses as usual are attached to the outer end of the sweep. If desired, a guide link 34' may be attached sweep and the forward end of the team.

A. pair. of shift levers 35' and36 are connected by vertical pivots or studs 37 and 38 40, which is connected to the bell-crank 24: to actuate the feeder 17; The connecting rod between the arm l0 and bell-crank 24 is preferably jointed and comprises a section dlconnected at its rearend to the bellcrank 24, and having its forward end extending-through a guide-loop 42- that pro-' "jects laterally from the channel bar 10. The other section 43' of the jointed connecting rod is pivotally connected to the forward end of the section 41 and to the arm 40. .A swinging guide link 44 (see Figs. 4 and 7 engages a pivotal connection between sections ll and 43 of the jointed connecting r'odL' ihe outer end of the guide link 44 is connected by a vertical pivotpin 45 to the U-shaped end of a bracket 46 that projects laterally from the channel bar 10. i The rotary power arm 31 is provided at its ends and on its underside with abutments or rollers 47 which are arrangedtosuccessively Patented Mar. 2, i915. Application filed une 27, 1914. Serial No. 847.583.

I 7' levers35 and 35, and thereby'effect the Working strokes of the compressing plunger and i s n feeder. The return-movement of the Ieeder '17 is eifected by a spring lgcoiled aboutthe connecting rodl and interposed between a sleeve 49 thereon and the guide bracketai2.

v The restoring movement of the compressing plungerisettected in part by the compressed material, but it is also preferably provided With arestoring spring-150. This spring is coiled about a'rod 51,.which slides through a guide bracket '52 onthe bottom of the channel bar. The forward end oftheguide rod,

. in" the form shown, is" connected toa'sliift "lever 53, Which in turn is connected by alink to the pianists; The leveri53'ismountednponthe pivot pin 45 above theguide hnk ct. The frod ,51 is connected "to the shift lemme intermediate its ends, andthei rod 54 w is connectedfto the free end of the shift lever." [The shift lever 53' is also connected V to the feeding member 17' and preferably through, the medium of a-linkfbiihth'e foriva rid end of ivhichis pivoted ftothe arm 40.

Theme end of the link 55 slides through a block .56, Whichis provided with vertical fpifv ots 57 that'enfg'age' the lever 53, and abent -@;p1atje orbracketf58' secured thereto. Nuts 59 threaded onthefrear end iofftheflink 55 are arranged to engage the block .5 and thereby form "one way or lost-motion connection I between the link55 and the lever 53. A longitu'dinally' 'ext'endingbrace rod 60 is confextends over the plunger rod=25, the crosshead 26 and? the rear portion .of the brace rojdfh0 I operat1on,,the heels are removed so 7 7 that, the machine -frame rests upon the ground and horses are attached'to the sweep V I 32to'rotate thel'powerarm 3,1. As the latter rotates,.one of the rollersengages the shift lever35to thereby eife'ctthe Workingstroke iofthe compressing plunger 15 through the qmediumof the pitman39, and plunger rod 25. During this movement the sliiftilever 3 5 is movedfrom the position'shown in Fig. 4

to thatindicated in Fig.1. i Atthe end. of'

' 1 theg vorking stroke .of the plungenthe abutment or roller $7 passes over the outer end I :link 54 toeffect the restoring movement of of theshift lever 35 and the spring then acts gthrough the medium ofthelever 53 and ther i g r- @T i t r h in th P i- :tion shozvvn-l in {Fig 3. This restorin'gmovemeetot the p n e and p s sonn t thereto; does not affect the shift lever 36 becauserof the lost-mo l V ionconnectionbetween I the lever 53 and link .55.-

" I The roller or abutmenta'jt' the other end {of the pon er-armthen engages the lever36 shifts it .from. the position shovvn in Figs. 1 and 3 to that shown in Fig. 4, to thereby effect the Working stroke of the feedeuthroughthe medium of the jointed connecting rods 41 and During this .movement the lost motion between the link and the intermediate lever 53 is taken up, and, in case the spring 50 has failed to completely restore the plunger, the restoring movement of the latter will be completed by the shift lever 36 through the medium of link 55, lever 53 and link As soon as the roller or abutmentpasses"over the outer end 'ofthe arm 36 therestoring spring l8 acts quickly toeli'ect a return stroke ofthe feeder 17 and of the'operatingshift lever This restoring movement,however, does not move the intermediate lever 53, because ofthc lost motion between the latter and the connecting link 55. lVhenthe shift'leij er 35 is again actuated to effectgthe Working stroke of. v the plunger, the lost motion between the lever '53 and link 55 is taken up and if the spring 48 has failed to restore the feeder 17 or more it out of the vay ofthe plunger, this restoring movement Will beeifectedby the lever 53 acting on {the shift lever 36 through .the

medium, of the link55.

Inf'the improved construction the restor- -ingspr1ngs act tOfljllCklYBlfGCt the return movements of the compressing plunger and :of'the' member, butif eitlielof these prrts'are caught so that the springs do not properly operate, the intermediatelever 53 is brought int0 action to effect the restoring movement of these parts." In this way the benefit of quick acting restoring springs is retained and at the sametime the intermediateujmember or lever 53 acts as a safety device and prevents any interference between the plunger and feeder. a

The-improvedconstruction is simple and compact'andcan be operated rapidly and efficiently. It is obvious that numerous changes. maybe made in the details set forth "Without departure'from the essentials of the invention as defined infth'e claims. i

' I claim as my invention '1; In a baling press, the combination of compressing and feeding members, shifters thQ1fCfO1, L rotary. power arm arranged to successively actuate said shifters to effect theivorking strokes of said members, restoring springs for said members, and an intermediate safety device connected toboth. of said members, substantially as described.

2., Inabaling press, the combination of compressing and feeding members, shifters therefor, a rotary power arm arranged to successively actuate said shifters .toheflect the-Working strokes of said members, restoring springs for said members, and a safety shifter v interposed between said 4 members and having, a lost-motion connection with one member, substantially'as described.

, 3. In abaling-press the combination of the working strokes of said members, restor ingsp'rings for said'members, and an inter-, mediate safety device connected to said compressing member and having a lost-motion connection with said feeding member, substantially as described.

5. In a baling press, the combination of a plunger, a feeder, operating shift levers connected respectively to said plunger and said feeder, a power arm for successively actuating said shift levers to effect the working strokes of said plunger and said feeder, and an intermediate lever connected to both of said parts, substantially as described.

6. Ina baling press, the combination of a plunger, a feeder, operating shift levers connected respectively to said plunger and said feeder, a spring-pressed restoring lever connected to said plunger and having a lostmotion connection with said feeder, and a restoring spring for said feeder, substantially as described.

7 In a balingpress, the combination of a plunger, a feeder, operating shift levers, a pitman and a connecting rod respectively connecting saidshift levers to said plunger and said feeder, a rotary power arm for successively actuating said shift levers, an intermediate levers, and links connecting the latter to said pitman and to said feeder shift lever, substantially as described.

- 8. In a baling press, the combination of a plunger, a feeder, operating shift levers, a pitman and a connecting rod respectively connecting said shift levers to said plunger and said feeder, a rotary power arm for successively actuating said shift levers, a re storing spring engaging said connecting rod,

an intermediate lever connected to saidpitman, and a link connecting said intermediate lever and said feeder shift lever and having a lost-motion connection with one of said parts, substantially as described.

9. In a baling press the combination of a plunger, a feeder, operating shift levers, a

pltman and a connecting rod respectively connecting said shift levers to said plunger and said feeder, a rotary power arm for successively actuating said shift levers, a spring-pressed restoring lever connected to said pitman, a restoring spring engaging said connecting rod, and a link connected to said feeder shift lever and having a lostmotion connection with said restoring lever,

pitman connecting one of said shift levers to,

said cross-head, a rod comprising joined sections connecting the other shift lever to said feeder, a swinging guide link for said jointed connecting rod, and a rotary power arm for successively actuating said shift levers, substantially as described.

PATRICK W. MORRISSEY. Witnesses:

THEO. JoHNsoN, WALLACE F. MAoGRnGon.

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Washington, D, C. 

